Pair of Antique Handcarved Tagua Nut Japanese Netsuke with Many Faces black and white arrow and numbers written in pencil

and numbers written in pencil on the back inside cover

It would look fantastic at the center of a mid-century table or sideboard

I can safely assume that most of you who are anxious to draw have a sense of rhythm which stimulates the wish to make drawings of the animal you love and appreciate

including with the simple string strung across

I have not touched the brass

Pair of Antique Handcarved Tagua Nut Japanese Netsuke with Many Faces black and white arrow and numbers written in pencilCharming little faces all the way around on these small Japanese netsuge, hand carved of Tagua nut (a palm tree nut), later 19th century I believe. Four faces on the larger, two on the smaller, each wearing a different expression. I love that their forms relate to American peach pit carved baskets too as if they were the inspiration for those. Larger: 7 8 t x 3 4 w, Smaller 7 8t x 9 16 w. Both in good antique condition, with a couple of tiny holes on